RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge is a world first

On Saturday 6th November, the inaugural RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge will be the world’s largest live demonstration of electric and hybrid cars.  Many of the 64 vehicles participating in the Challenge will be seen on UK roads for the first time. For anyone interested in the future of the automotive industry, this is an event definitely not to be missed.

The Challenge will showcase electric cars including

Nissan Leaf
Vauxhall Ampera
Tesla Roadster
Tata Indica Vista EV
Liberty Electric Cars electric Range Rover
MINI E
Mitsubishi i-MiEV
Frazer-Nash Research Proton Saga
Smart ForTwo Electric Drive
Vince Nemesis Electric
Volkswagen Golf blue-e-motion prototype EV
Zytek Mercedes-Benz E Vito Taxi

Electric light vans

Ford Transit Connect Electric prototype
Nicholson McLaren electric Citroen Nemo van
MaxEV VW Caddy Maxi

Hydrogen fuel cell electric cars

Honda FCX Clarity
Toyota FCHV-ADV
Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-Cell

Plug-In Hybrids including

Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid EV

Hybrid cars including

Honda Jazz Hybrid
Honda CR-Z Hybrid
Proton Exora Hybrid
Toyota Auris Hybrid

Low-emission (below 110 CO₂) Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles including

Gordon Murray Design T25 prototype
Renault Clio
Skoda Fabia Greenline ll
Toyota Prius

The RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge

The RAC Future Car Challenge is open to the latest electric, hybrid and low-emission passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. Trophies will be awarded in different categories for vehicles judged to have made the least energy impact during the 60-mile Brighton to London run.

The event takes place the day before The RAC’s world famous London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. Starting at Madeira Drive, Brighton, this unique live event will use the traditional 60-mile veteran car run route in reverse.

Ex-Formula One World Champion, Damon Hill OBE said, ‘The UK is a world leader in automotive technology, particularly in the cutting edge and highly competitive field of motor sport, and we are sure to play a central role in developing solutions to our global environmental challenges.’

Provisional Timings

Start (Madeira Drive, Brighton) at 08.00 to 09:00
Halfway stop (Crawley) 09:30 to 10:30
Finish (Pall Mall, London) 11:15 to 12:30
Presentation (Regent Street, London) 12:30 to 16:00

The formal finish will be in Pall Mall followed by a special ceremonial finish and presentation in Regent Street. Here, the vehicles will join the display of more than 100 pre-1905 motor cars in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run International Concours in front of an estimated 250,000 audience.